Saw Cowboys and Aliens tonight. Went to the drive-in for it and that was exciting in and of itself due to the storm. Rain, lighting, the works. Had to close my window and bring my feet in.

I do believe the movie got a little stupid at one point and it was highly predictable, but I enjoyed it anyway… lots of eye candy for me to be honest. Harrison Ford did look old, but still very delicious. That was pretty much a win for me no matter what.

I very nearly had the chance to meet Harrison Ford on Saturday. he was town for http://www.airventure.org/
he normally comes down for the breakfast buffet but not so often when he brings his wife.
Maybe next year…

While I was on holidays my (new) boss thought I had done some calculations wrong and did an adjusting journal entry. I come back, double check the figures, talk to my boss, and it turns out I was right. Now she has to reverse her adjustments. It always feels good when you’re work is vindicated *fist pump*

they missed one – When ever the main character is in a car and looks behind him. The car in the rear view mirror is following him as opposed to just going in the same direction. Really? How can you tell?

Stupid stupid power company.
Had an AMAZING electrical storm last night and now, 13 hours later … still no power. BUT JUST ON MY STREET!!!
In fact, the house on the corner of my street and the main street has power.
There are NO downed lines or power poles. I suspect some one just needs to come out and reset a breaker.
grrrrr.

I have cobbled together enough battery power to get my modem and wireless router going so I can check on the outside world. Laptop is down to 82% power.
Stupid power company.

The storm was amazing though.
It aproached for 2 hours with this spectacular lightning display. When it finally got here it graced my neighborhood with 38mph winds breaking trees in half and uprooting some. Then the rain and wind mostly stopped and it proceeded to lightning, non-stop for an hour.
With no power I just sat there in the dark trying to count the breaks between flashes and there was none. For an hour. It was like an out of control discotheque! At one in the morning my eyes were too tired so I crawled in bed but didn’t sleep well because of the flashing and thunder. At 3:30 in the morning I gave up on sleep and got up to call the power company and report the outage. When I went back to bed at around 4am the lightning was now pausing for almost 10 seconds between flashes.

It was one of the more awe inspiring weather phenomenon I have ever witnessed!
Then I got dressed in the dark this morning and went to the Dentist for a cleaning.

If only the whole “women thing smart is sexy” thing was true. I think that this might be partially true as women age, but it DEFINITELY doesn’t hold for teenagers (at least from the receiving end of female affection).

The problem is, most of the really smart guys I knew when I was in high school, were also complete arrogant assholes. I’m sure it was partially a defense mechanism. But it wasn’t their brains that turned me off, it was the “I’m so much smarter than everyone else so why should I waste my time with you morons?” When I got to college, I met smart guys (some AMAZINGLY smart guys) that were also nice and fun to be with. And I’m still with one of them ____ years later (yeah, like I’m telling how many years…puleese…)

Rum gives me a headache now. Why is that?
I had to switch to Vodka. Now I want to try all these amazing flavors from ThreeOlives: Purple, Root Beer, Pomegranate, Chocolate, and Triple Shot Espresso.
I’ve had the Bubble Gum flavor and yes, it is made of win.

This morning my coworker broke a piece of his key off into the front door lock of our office. Now the front door is permanently locked. I asked my boss if he called a locksmith, and he replied “here I am.” He couldn’t fix it…

“The bad — or at least, potentially bad — news is that, because of MacFarlane’s involvement, the series will air in prime time, and on Fox.
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Now, maybe the fact that MacFarlane is involved — and Joss Whedon isn’t — will help. I certainly hope so.”

They’ll show the 2nd episode first and then cancel it before the final 2 eps of the season ever air.

Seems corporations continue to see record profits, small businesses continue to struggle, and the individual continues to see less wages.

Considering that 70% of the US economy is based on consumer spending … perhaps it’s time to stop looking at what is “fair” and start looking at what gets money back into the hands of that 70% so that they can start consuming again.
Without a functioning economy there is no way to pay off the debt. 🙁

They have local artists exhibit their work there now. They started doing so last year I guess. We were in San Fran so we didn’t know.
We talked to the people on how we can get into the scene. Apparently there isn’t a huge demand of people wanting to show their art there which we thought was strange.

We watched the season finale of “Falling Skies” tonight. I don’t really know why, but this one just hasn’t done it for me. Same was true with the V reboot. They felt like they were trying too hard, but just not able to deliver.

Of course, Falling Skies seems to have done well enough that it will be back next Summer, so what do I know for television.

I’m sick and tired of the media calling out companies for using “sex sells” type advertising to “aim its advertising at men” because what? Women don’t like sex? We can’t appreciate sexiness? WTF? Seriously!? If an ad as a sexy woman who is strong and secure in her sexiness and smarts, why would I *NOT* appreciate it? So it’s ok for the Old Spice guy to be sexy and funny, but when a woman is in an ad in a towel being sexy and funny, it’s “aimed at men?” why isn’t the Old Spice guy “aimed at women”? I’m venting because I’m just annoyed with the whole thing.. Example:

“[The company I work for] sends a message to women that the technology consumer market (which continues to be heavily male skewed) is not intended for their consumption.” BS – this is utter BS!

“When Dr. King spoke of the great arc bending toward justice, he did not mean that we should wait for it to bend. He exhorted others to put their full weight behind it, and he gave his life speaking with a voice that cut through the blistering force of water cannons and the gnashing teeth of police dogs. He preached the gospel of nonviolence, but he knew that whether a bully hid behind a club or a poll tax, the only effective response was to face the bully down, and to make the bully show his true and repugnant face in public.”

Dad buys a lie detector robot which slaps people when they lie.
He decides to test it at dinner. “Son, where were you today?”
The son says “at school dad.” Robot slaps the son!
“Ok, I watched a dvd at my friends house!”
“What dvd?”
“Toy story.” Robot slaps the son again!
“Ok, it was a porno” cries the son.
“What! When I was your age I didn’t know what porn was” says the dad. Robot slaps the dad!
Mom laughs “HaHaHa! He’s certainly your son.” Robot slaps the mom

In other news, I finally finished my first play through Dragon Age 2 last night. Overall, I enjoyed it, although I didn’t think the ending was nearly as epic as Origins. Honestly, after beating the head Templar, I thought there was still going to be another chapter.

I don’t know if I’ll give it a second run. I see there’s a DLC called Legacy now. Is that one worth playing through?

Last night hubby and I played Battleship Galaxies. It was fun. I recommend this game fro two player fun. It is, however, not for the younger kids like original battleship. There is way too much to keep track of and do for a younger audience to grasp.

Well, do note that it says “2012.” Both series are being allowed to complete and wrap production, and air those episodes. Not your traditional FOX cancellation. “Everybody go home, maybe someday the unaired episodes will be on a DVD…”

I’m thinking about upgrading to an HTC Incredible (Android OS, Verizon service). I have a choice between a 200 MB/month data plan and a 2 GB/month data plan. What I would like to know is this: Does either Verizon (via a website or some such system) or the Android OS itself offer you a way to check how much of your total data download limit you’ve used so far in a given billing period?

Amy, I’m not sure how to do it on the phone, but I think you can. I usually just go to verizonwireless.com and log in and look at my data/phone usage. It’s pretty easy to find. Their site is easy peasy.

Well, I’m waiting for tech to call me. I really think all I need is for my password to be reset but, for some reason, this is a long drawn out process. With any luck, they will actually call and not try to send me an e-mail.

ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS of your contacts are now on facebook! go to the top right of the screen, click on ACCOUNT, click on EDIT FRIENDS, left side of screen and click CONTACTS. you will see all phone numbers from your phone (FB friends or not) are published that you have stored in your mobile phone. TO REMOVE, go to the right column, click on “this page.” please repost this on your status, so your friends can remove their numbers and thus prevent abuse if they do not want them published.

You know, I think I had better admit that although a like a wide variety of computer game types, I do like the sheer mindlessness of Time Management games, been play Airport Mania on the Wii and it has kept my attention.

I thought this was an interesting comment –
“Tyson’s never going to be Sagan. He doesn’t have the heart of a poet. He doesn’t make me feel what he feels. I seems like he’s trying to make science cool instead of beautiful and it’s not the same thing. ”

Not to knock Tyson … because clearly science needs a cool, cheerleader-esque advocate right now … but I think I’d have to agree with the characterization of Sagan’s science vs. Tyson’s.

A few nights ago we watched a show about all the stuff that we’ve learned about the universe thanks to Hubble. The show was from 2008 and the last few minutes talked about how Hubble would be brought down in a controlled re-entry into the Pacific Ocean. But, not to worry, because the new Webb telescope would be launched by then and would have powers far beyond Hubble.

Of course, I knew as I watched that a House committee had recommended killing the Webb telescope. It made me sad and angry all at the same time.

I admit that the only anime I can claim some familiarity with is “Speed Racer” and “Battle of the Planets.” But the video a clever person made with clips from “Soul Eater” set to Manson music is particularly inspired. I may have to start watching “Soul Eater.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw8pcxE6U9k

Soul Eater is a good series. It takes a little while to ramp up since there are quite a few important characters, but once it gets going, it really goes. Plus, I really enjoy the music from the series itself.

Hubby had to go into work today. He was going to show some of the people the website for the literary convention I’m part of this weekend. His work system flagged the website as “pornography” and wouldn’t let him access it. Huh?

On a side note, before I take off not to be heard until Tuesday, a number of us were talking yesterday, we’ve decided to each bring a bottle of our favourite scotch to the hospitality suite on Friday night. There’s going to be a taste test. I think I may be designated driver tomorrow. I am, however, bringing a bottle of 20 year old Glen Rothes. My favourite. Yum. :tongue:

Xanth? Seriously? The first couple of books were cute when I was young, but the puns eventually became just tiring. I would have considered Bio of a Space Tyrant, but Xanth?

And The Sword of Truth series? The one that became so bad that, not only did I make it one of only two series that I refused to finish reading….[breath]….but that also forced me to humble myself before Deadpan and publicly retract and denounce my earlier recommendation? That one?

And, I’m sorry, I just finished “Restaurant at the End of the Universe” – Hitchiker’s was OK, but this series has not held up as well as I remembered. I can’t agree with it being number 2.

Well I cant blame Johnny Foreigner for not wanting to, but I do think its a good film that does a good job not being all “Hey, look at ‘Merica!!”

You’ve heard the excuses for the Green Lantern sequel right?
Warner Bros says (to paraphrase) “Oh well you know that Batman Begins didnt do well domestically, yet it paved the way for the fantastic sequel. This movie will do the same. Green Lantern 2 will be on par with The Dark Knight”. Um…no.